Miguel Pereira (film director)

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Miguel Pereira

Born April 12, 1957 (1957-04-12) (age 51),
San Salvador de Jujuy,
Jujuy Province,
Flag of Argentina Argentina.
Occupation Film Director, Producer,
and Writer.

Miguel Pereira (born April 12, 1957 in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina) is a film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Pereira was a film student at the London Film School in the early 1980s and graduated in 1982.

His breakout film as a director and, also his first, was Verónico Cruz (1988), an Argentine and British co-production, which won many awards at the Berlin Film Festival, including the Silver Berlin Bear.

As of 2007 he is the president of the Mar Del Plata International Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a prestigious festival that takes place every year during March in Mar del Plata, Argentina. It's considered a 'Category A' festival, along with festivals like Cannes, Berlin or Venice.[2]

[edit] Directing Filmography

  • Verónico Cruz: La Deuda interna (1988)
  • La Última siembra (1991) aka The Last Harvest
  • Sin palabras... Jujuy (1994)
  • Che... Ernesto (1998)
  • Historias de Argentina en vivo (2001)
  • La Saga de Cirilo Donaire (2003)
  • El Destino (2006), aka The Man Who Came to a Village

[edit] Awards

Wins

Nominations

  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Crystal Globe, El Destino, 2006.
  • Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlin Bear, Miguel Pereira, 1988.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Miguel Pereira at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ London Film School web page. Last accessed: 1/23/07.
  3. ^ London Film School, ibid.

[edit] External links